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12th April 2008, 1:44pm
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#1 | | Sith Triumvirate Moderator
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| Space Is A Big Empty Place, Right?
Hmmm... 
According to Gizmodo: Quote:
The European Space Agency has just released images showing all the satellites and human-made debris now orbiting space as a result of 51 years of launching stuff since Sputnik. That's about 6,000 satellites up there—of which only 800 remain operational—plus thousands of other objects from launches and accidents. According to their mindblowing simulations things are getting a lot worse:
About 50 percent of all trackable objects are due to in-orbit explosion events (about 200) or collision events (less than 10).
Yes, we knew that there was a lot of crap out there, but not to this extent. According to the ESA, this is really bad news and urgent measures are needed. Explosions in space are not disastrous on their own, but because of the aftermath.
| More info here: http://gizmodo.com/378713/space-is-full-of-crap | 
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12th April 2008, 1:48pm
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#2 | | EVIL/NICE.
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| Re: Space Is A Big Empty Place, Right?
We need space binmen.
But yeah that is a pretty bad problem, considering 51 years ago space was empty
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12th April 2008, 1:51pm
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#3 | | Wallet Inspector
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| Re: Space Is A Big Empty Place, Right?
What is it with humans and throwing there shit everywhere. We need a gient space hover or something.
There's an anime called planetes that deals with this very senario well worth a watch.
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12th April 2008, 2:16pm
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#4 | | Experimental stooge
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| Re: Space Is A Big Empty Place, Right?
I look forward to against a dark background esque junk light.
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12th April 2008, 2:32pm
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#5 | | Athiest Otter
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| Re: Space Is A Big Empty Place, Right?
And with the European Space Agency having taken that picture, they too are contributing to it.
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12th April 2008, 2:38pm
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#6 | | Polydelusionist
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| Re: Space Is A Big Empty Place, Right?
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12th April 2008, 3:04pm
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#7 | | Strong protect the weak Admin
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| Re: Space Is A Big Empty Place, Right?
Switch it to Suck not Blow!!!
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12th April 2008, 3:06pm
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#8 | | Better not to err
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| Re: Space Is A Big Empty Place, Right?
The planet now has a ring of deceased animal astronauts?
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17th April 2008, 1:42pm
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#9 | | Registered User
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| Re: Space Is A Big Empty Place, Right?
Think of it as providing shade from all of this global warming causing sunlight. | |
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20th April 2008, 12:21pm
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#10 | | No sir, I don't like it.
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| Re: Space Is A Big Empty Place, Right?
Isn't catching the junk a problem?
I think a truly terrifying way to go would be having a dead monkey's skull tearing through your spacecraft's windshield before all that nasty vacuum got to you... :/
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20th April 2008, 1:06pm
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#11 | | Kingpun
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| Re: Space Is A Big Empty Place, Right?
Belter, lets destroy the Earth and fill space with junk.
The human race, what a quality bunch.
If you shot a jobby into space, how long do think it would last?
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20th April 2008, 1:21pm
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#12 | | No sir, I don't like it.
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| Re: Space Is A Big Empty Place, Right?
It would freeze pretty quickly...?
Frozen space turds... actually fuck the monkey skull, more horrifying way to die right there.
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20th April 2008, 1:26pm
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#13 | | Kingpun
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| Re: Space Is A Big Empty Place, Right?
See if it was one of mine from a Monday morning after a usual weekend, believe me this would not freeze.
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20th April 2008, 2:25pm
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#14 | | Sith Triumvirate Moderator
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| Re: Space Is A Big Empty Place, Right?
Quote:
Originally Posted by I'm Your God Now 
If you shot a jobby into space, how long do think it would last?
| Dunno, but the ISS load all their waste into the supply ships then let them burn up in the atmosphere.
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20th April 2008, 2:27pm
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#15 | | Fattly Drawn Boy Editor
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| Re: Space Is A Big Empty Place, Right?
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Originally Posted by I'm Your God Now If you shot a jobby into space, how long do think it would last? | Should last forever, providing it doesn't collide with anything.
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